The 23rd Annual PowerForward DuPage Golf Outing was held on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Bloomingdale Golf Club. The weather was perfect and a great time was had by all. Thank you to everyone who attended, supported and volunteered at this event. I am very pleased to announce that we had over (144) golfers […]

The deadline to submit the application with official transcripts for the 2019 PowerForward DuPage Scholarship was July 26th. The Scholarship recipients will be determined at end of August, 2019.

Warrenville held its Independence Day Parade on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 and once again, the IBEW Local 701 along with PowerForward DuPage had a float entered in this event. With an outside temperature at least 90 degrees, I was worried there would only be a few members in attendance this year. But once again, the […]

Over 225 students, parents, educators and area residents attended the 2019 DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo on Thursday, May 30th, 2019. The event was co-sponsored by the DuPage County Building & Construction Trades Council and CISCO (Construction Industry Service Corporation) and hosted by PowerForward DuPage. Attendees started arriving at 3:00pm; we were amazed to see […]

    What’s Your Trade? Registration OPEN!   Thursday, May 30th, 2019 3:30pm – 6:30pm            Sponsored by the DuPage County Building Trades and CISCO, this event will feature interactive demonstrations as well as opportunities to meet with instructors to learn more about each individual trade apprenticeship program. The 2019 DuPage […]

PowerForward paid the registration fees for IBEW Local 701 members and (2) signatory contractor safety representatives per company to attend the 2019 Annual Construction Safety Conference and Expo held at the Drury Lane Conference Center on March 4th and 5th. In addition to paying the registration fees, Local 701 members were also awarded (5) incentive […]

  PowerForward DuPage organized a mobile “tour of the trades” for over 40 counselors and teachers from Indian Prairie School District 204 on March 1st, 2019. After a continental breakfast and a welcome by Joe Riley, President of the DuPage County Building Trades, the group took a tour of the IBEW Local 701 building and […]

Is there someone in your company or on your crew who has performed a selfless act or acts of safety extending above and beyond the normal call or duty? The NECA & IBEW Local 701 Safety Committee would like to invite IBEW Local 701 members and signatory contractors to nominate a deserving member for the […]

  PowerForward DuPage was pleased to host the DuPage County Solar Energy Conference this morning, welcoming over 100 registered attendees. The event was co-sponsored by PowerForward DuPage, DuPage County and Choose DuPage, the county’s public-private partnership that supports county-wide economic development initiatives. The featured speakers, Lisa Albrecht of the Illinois Solar Energy Association and owner […]